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    P-47D Thunderbolt USAAF 56th FG, 61st FS, #42-75510, 1:48 Scale Diecast

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      USAAF 56th FG, 61st FS, #42-75510, Gabby Gabreski, RAF Halesworth, England, January 1944

      Flying with the 61st FS, 56th FG, 8th AF, out of Halesworth Lt. Col. Francis Gabrseki’s was assigned his second P-47D HV*A s/n 42-75510 in December 1943 and scored 10 of his 28 victories. On June 27, 1944 Grabreski scored his 27th victory followed by his 28th and final WWII victory on July 5, 1944. On July 20, 1944 Grabreski flew one last mission and crashed spending the remainder of the war as a POW. On August 15, 1944 42-75510 piloted by Lt. William Buttner was lost.